Law & Disorder: May 18, 2013

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

CITY OF KINGSTON

Criminal contempt: Jennifer A. Doerr, 36, of 1 Millers Lane, Apt. 37A, Kingston, was arrested by Kingston police at 9:40 p.m. Thursday and charged with two counts of criminal contempt, a felony. Police said Doerr violated a stay-away order of protection on two separate occasions. The first was on May 5 when she called the protected party and threatened to kill that person, police said. The second was on May 16 when she is alleged to have gone to the person's employer and again make threats and throw a glass bottle at the person, police said. She was arraigned and sent to the Ulster County Jail without bail.

Robbery: Anthony B. Watson, 45, who police said is homeless, was arrested by Kingston police at 3:30 a.m. Thursday and was charged with robbery, a felony. Police said that on May 15 at about 11:30 p.m., they responded to a reported robbery in which a 34-year-old Hispanic man said he was robbed of $35 while he was walking in the area of Broadway and Franklin Street. Police got a description of the suspect and later located Watson near Broadway and Van Buren Street. He fit the description given by the victim, they said. Watson was taken into custody and held pending arraignment.

ATHENS

DWI: Earl L. Whitbeck, 54, of West Coxsackie, was arrested by state police at Coxsackie at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at U.S. Route 9W and Schoharie Turnpike and was charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content exceeding 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors; and a traffic infraction. He was released to a third party pending a court appearance.

LLOYD

DWI: Timothy J. Trapani, 30, of Milton, was arrested by state police at Gardiner at 11:45 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 44/state Route 55 and was charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content exceeding 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors. He was released with a court appearance ticket.

NEW PALTZ

DWI: Eric J. Borchert, 50, of 457 Old Route 209, Hurley, was arrested by Ulster County Sheriff's deputies at 9:35 p.m. Thursday and was charged with drunken driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content exceeding 0.08 percent, misdemeanors; and a traffic infraction. Deputies said they were assisting at the scene of a traffic accident when Borchert drove through it, ignoring an officer who directed him to stop and nearly striking the officer. Borchert continued to drive away, even when a deputy sheriff tried to stop him, deputies said. He was later pulled over on state Route 32 and found to be intoxicated, authorities said. He was released with court appearance tickets.